Thursday, February 04, 2016

BPN 1722: Dutch Ebook barometer 2015: digital continues to grow

CB Press Release January 21, 2016

In the e-book barometer over the last quarter of 2015 CB published today, a growth in digital reading is seen again. Throughout 2015 there were 38% more transactions (sales and loans)
than in 2014. E-book sales did 15% better throughout 2015 than in 2014.The e-book sales showed a slight decrease, compared to the same quarter in 2014 (-1%). The e-book loans are still rising (+ 26% compared to the fourth quarter of 2014). Besides an increasing number of titles as is available e-book,
compared to the previous quarter (+ 2%) and the number of publishing
houses which are publishing e-books (+ 10%).The average retail price of e-books decreased
a little further compared to the previous quarter (from 57.7% to 56.7% of average
physical price).Note:
The figures for the subscription services are not included in this
e-book barometer because the transaction numbers are not easily compare
with e-book sales and -loans. The following e-book barometer we'll return to these figures.

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About Me

Jak Boumans (1945) is principal consultant with Electronic Media Reporting, a private consultancy specialised in content strategy, based in Almere (The Netherlands). In 1970 he started in the publishing industry with companies like VNU and Kluwer, particularly in general encyclopaedias. From 1980 he got involved in electronic publishing, running a videotex studio. In 1984 he launched a daily online newsletter for the computer industry from London. In 1987 he was part of the production team that produced the first Dutch subscription CD-ROM for Kluwer for lawyers.
In 1990 he started the private company Electronic Media Reporting, a consultancy specialised in content. He worked for international organisation ( European Commission, OESO), Dutch ministries, national organisations and companies.
He is secretary-general of the European Academy of Digital Media (EADiM) and board member of the multimedia competition World Summit Award (WSA).
He has written for national and international magazines. He was contributor, editor and editor-in-chief of Telecombrief (1981-2004). He wrote, contributed to and co-edited books. His last book in Dutch was on Pre-internet in de polder (1967-1997).